Sick bubble call

[djoyce003]

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I think the higher the buy in, the more likely it is that you are way ahead here.

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Really? My instint was opposite - that higher buy-ins are less likely to go all-in with a 5x BB raise without something really big when the likely bubble-er is going to be pot committed all-in after posting next hand.

Tough play either way.

You're likely ahead 2-1 here against Ax or Kx and I don't know that I'm going to risk bubbling in this scenario as "only" a 2-1 favorite given that the next hand the shortstack is all-in with any two.

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Your instinct is wrong. At the higher levels you are liable to be up against a thinking opponent that realizes you basically have to fold anything to his push unless it's aces because someone else is about to be all in in the blinds....your call is way negative EV with just about any hand other than QQ/KK/AA because of the risk of ruin here. On the other hand, at a donktastic 10+1 table, the idiot on the button probably goes, hey I got an ace, all in!